Maine Governor Paul LePage has vetoed a bill that would outlaw so-called "conversion therapy" aimed at changing the sexual orientation or gender identity of a minor, sending a blistering message to state legislators chiding them for not passing an unrelated bill that would have outlawed female genital mutilation.
LePage, a Republican, pointed out that supporters of the bill didn't provide evidence that any licensed therapists in Maine are practicing conversion therapy, but he said Maine hospitals see cases of botched genital mutilations "gone horribly wrong."
Challenger Matt Brown, a former secretary of state in Rhode Island, is claiming that Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo isn't pro-abortion enough because her administration has allowed six health plans in the state's Obamacare exchange that cover abortion only in the cases of rape, incest, and life of the mother, as opposed to the one mostly-non-abortion-covering plan that federal law requires.
But Raimondo is now touting her endorsement by Planned Parenthood in Rhode Island for trying to enshrine legal abortion in state law. (Her efforts so far have failed.)
